House Republican Conference Chairman

The House Republican Conference is the party caucus for Republicans in the United States House of Representatives. It hosts meetings and is the primary forum for communicating the party's message to members. The Conference produces a daily publication of political analysis under the title ''Legislative Digest''.

The conference has a chair who directs day-to-day operations and who is assisted by an elected vice chair and a secretary. The current chair is Elise Stefanik of New York, who assumed the position after a vote of the House Republican Conference on May 14, 2021.
Former chairs include Gerald Ford, John Boehner, Mike Pence, John Bayard Anderson, John B. Anderson, Dick Cheney, Jack Kemp, J. C. Watts, Deborah Pryce, Deborah D. Pryce, Adam Putnam, Jeb Hensarling, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, and Liz Cheney.

Current hierarchy

Effective with the start of the 117th United States Congress, 117th Congress, the conference leadership is as follows:

*Kevin McCarthy (California, CA) as Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, House Minority Leader
*Steve Scalise (Louisiana, LA) as Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, House Minority Whip
* Elise Stefanik (New York (state), NY) as List of chairs of the United States House of Representatives Republican Conference, Chair of the House Republican Conference
*Mike Johnson (Louisiana politician), Mike Johnson (Louisiana, LA) as Vice Chairman of the United States House of Representatives Republican Conference, Vice Chairman of the House Republican Conference
*Richard Hudson (American politician), Richard Hudson (North Carolina, NC) as Secretary of the United States House of Representatives Republican Conference, Secretary of the House Republican Conference
*Gary Palmer (politician), Gary Palmer (Alabama, AL) as Chair of the Steering and Policy Committees of the United States House of Representatives, House Republican Policy Committee
*Tom Emmer (Minnesota, MN) as Chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee
*Drew Ferguson (politician), Drew Ferguson (Georgia (U.S. state), GA) as Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, House Republican Chief Deputy Whip

Leaders of the House Republican Conference

Notes

Conference chairs

The conference chair is elected each Congress.

Vice chairs

The vice chair is next in rank after the House Republican Conference Chair. Like the chair, the vice chair is elected by a vote of all Republican House members before each Congress. Among other duties, the vice chair has a seat on both the Steering and Policy Committees of the United States House of Representatives, Steering and Policy Committees.

* Robert Stafford of Vermont (1971)
* Samuel L. Devine of Ohio (1971–1979)
* Jack Edwards (American politician), Jack Edwards of Alabama (1979–1985)
* Lynn Morley Martin of Illinois (1985–1989)
* Bill McCollum of Florida (1989–1995)
* Susan Molinari of New York (1995–1997)
* Jennifer Dunn (politician), Jennifer Dunn of Washington (1997–1999)
* Tillie Fowler of Florida (1999–2001)
* Deborah Pryce of Ohio (2001–2003)
* Jack Kingston of Georgia (2003–2007)
* Kay Granger of Texas (2007–2009)
* Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington (2009–2013)
* Lynn Jenkins of Kansas (2013–2017)
* Doug Collins (politician), Doug Collins of Georgia (2017–2019)
* Mark Walker (North Carolina politician), Mark Walker of North Carolina (2019–2021)
* Mike Johnson (Louisiana politician), Mike Johnson of Louisiana (2021–present)

Secretaries

References

External links

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